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THE ROYAL AGF

CULTURAL SHOW

A Review of the Machines and Appliances of Interest to the Agriculturist to be Displayed, and in Some Cases Demonstrated, in the Machinery and Implement Section of the Royal Show, Which Will be Held at Ipswich from July 3-7

ON Tuesday next, July 3, the 93rd annual exhibition of the Royal Agricultural Society of England will open at Ipswich, remaining open until Saturday, July 7. On the'first day and until 2 p.m. on the second day the charge for admission is 5s. On Wednesday after 2 p.m. and on Thursday it is 3s.; on Friday it is 2s. 6d., and on Saturday is.

Season tickets, costing 12s. 6d., are obtainable from the head offices of the Society, 16, Bedford Square, London, W.C.1, from the secretary's offices at the main entrance to the show ground, or from Messrs. Robert Bond and Sons, 6, Butter Market, Ipswich. There will be car parks, adjoining the entrances, in charge of the Royal Automobile Club. The parking fee for private cars will be 3s., except on Saturday, when it will be 2s. A map showing the main routes to the show appears on the right.

On the following pages the principal exhibits of interest to our readers are briefly described. The paragraphs are arranged in the numerical order of the stands, so that visitors may work their way through the implement and machinery sections referring to the paragraphs consecutively. A number of entirely new machines is to be exhibited for the first time, whilst nearly every exhibitor has some novelty to display.

DUNLOP. Stand 41 DtiNLOP exhibits' will include pneumatic tyres for horse-drawn vehicles, wheelbarrows, trucks and farm tractors. An item of particular interest is the Dunlop agricultural-tractor wheel with low-pressure pneumatic tyre. The use of tyres of this type allows the vehicle to be driven either on the land or on the road, and the rubber is expressly compounded to resist farmyard acids. The design of tread tends to throw off soil and mud and to prevent clogging. When extreme conditions are encountered, special Dunlop strakes can be fitted to the tractor driving wheels.

JENNINGS. Stand 47

AN interesting exhibit of J. H. Jennings and Son, Ltd., will be a

patent low-loading rigid-sided horsebox and cattle-truck. When used for carrying horses detachable padded partitions are erected. Accommodation is afforded for two or three horses. Both bodies will be equipped with detachable top decks, spacers, gates, etc., and are designed to conform with regulations. A further exhibit will be a patent low-loading general-purpose cattle-truck. SLINGSBY. Stand 51

SL1NGSBY electric trucks, SlingsbyBrett petrol trucks and various types of elevating trucks and stackers will be found on the stand of Messrs. H. C. Slingsby. These machines are widely used for industrial and other purposes, and are built to fill almost in

numerable requirements. Many accessories indispensable to agriculturists will also be shown.

WALLIS AND STE EVENS. Stand 56

'TWO Advance rollers, a cold.I. emulsion sprayer and a chipping distributor will constitute the exhibit of Wallis and Steevens, Ltd. The 8-ton roller has a National two-cylindered oil engine, underslung forecarriage and automatic-cambering axle, and is equipped with a double-head two-tine scarifier. The lightweight model is propelled by a four-cylimiered petrol engine, has a similar forecarriage and axle, and is provided with reversible rims to the rear rolls, which afford alternative rolling widths. The special design of axle obviates cutting in by the edges of the rolls.

ALLIS-CHALMERS. Stand 05

THREE types of tractor are to be shown by this concern. The model M crawler-type tractor includes such features as frameless construction, oscillating tracks, positive method of maintaining track alignment, and

removable wet-cylinder liners. The engine develops 38 b.h.p. whilst over 28 h.p. is available at the drawbar. The U-type tractor is designed to operate on paraffin, alcohol or petrol, and may be used with the type of wheel most suitable for requirements. In standard form it has steel wheels, but pneumatic-tyred wheels can be easily substituted. The K-type tractor is a new model designed on similar Imes to the M-type, but having a more powerful engine and built for heavier work.

STANHAY. Stand 72

THE new Coleby cultivator will be an interesting item on the Stanhay stand. It is built for use on market gardens and small farms, and incorporates a Villiers 346 c.c. two-stroke engine. Special attention has been given to the balance of this cultivator, so that the minimum effort is required to control it. Either wheel can be put

out of action to enable the machine to turn. Pneumatic tyres are now used, although, if desired, steel-spudded wheels may be substituted. The machine can be adapted to function as a rotary digger, to take a small plough and for a number of other purposes. The concern will also be showing its Elwick wheelless cultivator, attached to a Fordson tractor, and various other interesting types of conversion.

TRACTOR TRADERS. Stand 93

CATERPILLAR tractors of various 1---,sizes, together with a range of ploughing, cultivating and harrowing implements, will be seen on the stand of Tractor Traders, Ltd. As their name implies, the first-mentioned are all of the track-laying type and are equipped with either oil or paraffin engines.

Model Thirty-five has a threecylindered compression-ignition engine developing 40.95 drawbar horse-power. It is provided with a small twocylindered auxiliary petrol engine for

starting up. The tracks are of the steel-shoe, pin-jointed type. A four speed gearbox is provided. Model Twenty-two runs on paraffin and has a four-cylindered 22 h-p. engine. YlodeI Twenty-eight is of the same type, developing 25 h.p. at the drawbar.

BRISTOL. Stand 97

THE Bristol tractor will be on view, equipped with the well-known Jowett engine. This power unit has been thoroughly tested for tractor work during the past six months, and besides giving ample power is extremely economical. Certain models

will be shown fitted with power takeoffs, and a collection of Bristol tractor components will also be displayed. The adaptability of this machine to widely varying uses will be illustrated by a model with a non-standard trackwidth expressly designed for operating in swamps and under other conditions where specially low ground pressure is desirable, and without packing even the lightest tilth.

McLAREN. Stand 108

ASTEAM ploughing engine of 20 h.p. will be shown by J. and H. McLaren, Ltd. It is built for employment on the two-engine cable system. Another interesting exhibit will be a McLaren-Benz oil-engined windlass for similar purposes. A range of ploughing and cultivating implements for use with these power units will also be shown, together with examples of the concern's stationary oll, engines.

FODEN. Stand 110

ANUMBER of compression-ignition and petrol-engined vehicles will be shown by Fodens, Ltd. Amongst these will be oilers from 2 tons to 10 tons capacity. A convertible live-stock carrier of the two-deck type will be on view with a P.M. 4-3-type petrolengined chassis as its basis. A P.M. 4-2 2-ton petrol lorry with a handscrew end-tipping body will also be shown. In addition there will be examples from the range of trailers, and facsimile models.

INTERNATIONAL. Stand 158

ALARGE selection of International tractors and machinery will be shown on this stand. A specially interesting exhibit will be the McCormick Deering oil-engined TracTracTor, which incorporates the Diesel-40 type engine. A feature of this unit is that it is provided with a carburetter, magneto and sparking plugs for starting

up purposes, the change-over to oil and appropriate alteration of compression ratio being automatic. The drive is by a steel-type track. A wide range of other types, including the Farmall three and four-wheeled machines and industrial tractors will also be shown, together with an example of one of the concern's goods vehicles.

BAMFORDS. Stand 166

1-1 A SELECTION of mowing machines

is amongst the exhibits to be shown by Bamfords, Ltd. The SEA model is claimed to be the first British mower to be fitted with the oil-bath system of lubrication. A new machine is model 7, of which an interesting feature is that although the drive is taken from both wheels the axle is in one piece, thus ensuring rigidity and absence of gear chatter. The 7RT tractor-trailer mower is readily adaptable to a large•variety of tractors, and by means of a new type of lifting-lever, which is within easy reach of the driver, the cutter-bar can be raised from the tractor seat, thus making it a one-man operated outfit.

FOWLER. Stand 167

A COMPLETE range of Fowler Gyrotiller rotary ploughs will be shown, including models of 30 h.p., 80 h.p. and 170 h.p. Two new models D46

of oil-engined crawler-type tractors will also be on view, the 70 h.p. type being equipped with a six-cylindered engine, six track speeds and power take-off. This machine will be coupled to a Fowler 11-cubic yard four-wheeled excavating scoop, with adjustable scoop-box and self-lifting gear. " The second new model is a 25 h.p. tractor equipped with a three-cylindered engine, three speeds and power take-off. A number of the smaller type will be shown coupled to various implements, including Ransomes one, two and five-furrow ploughs, and the Fowler wheeled-type Tractiller.

AVELING-BARFORD. Stand 170

THE motor rollers displayed on this stand will range in weight fram 15 cwt to Q tons. The largest, the DX0, will be representative of a series of multi-purpose rollers weighing from 4 to 7 tons. It has a single-cylindered

oil engine developing 14 b.h.p. at 420 r.p.m. Several new features have been incorporated in the design of the Barford A 2i-ton roller, also to be shown. It is equipped with a four-cylindered engine developing 131 b.h.p. at 1,100 r.p.m. A new attachment, to be exhibited for the first time on the A 21ton machine, is the Henderson key cutter for sccring or indenting road surfaces preparatory to laying a new coating of asphalt or tar macadam. it cuts a clean furrow.

THE Case tractors to be exhibited incorporate only minor improvements upon those shown last year. The Roadless model Ills equipped with rubberjointed track which, it is claimed, reduces the charges for track maintenance. Full benefit has been taken of

recent research on the question of the point of balance with various loads, and drawbar positions. With paraffin as fuel the average percentage of the weight of the tractor registere6g. in drawbar pull is about 70 to 80 per cent. The drive is taken through a gearbox having three speeds to a chain-driven axle, and a differential gear is fitted The transmission is fully enclosed in a casing.

MILLER. Stand 171 MON-Z,LIP tractor wheels will be an .1. Noutstanding exhibit of Miller Wheels, Ltd. These are claimed to be capable of adjustment for work on all conditions of soilThe Miller steerage hoe, cultivators, etc., will also be on view.

It should be noted that the concern has recently been paying particular attention to the development of machinery specially adapted for sugarbeet production.

RANSOMES AND RAPIER. Stand 177

THE new Rapier RT50 oil-engined tractor will be shown at the "Royal" for the first time. Readers will remember that the concern's first tractor was briefly described in The Commercial Motor dated May 18. One machine will be on view at the Show ground and another will give demonstrations of ploughing in an adjacent field.

The tractor weighs approximately 8 tons and develops a drawbar pull in excess of 5 tons. It is of the crawler type, being equipped with Roadless Traction rubber-jointed .tracks. The Power unit is a DormaceRicardo fourcylindered oil engine, developing 80 h.h.p. and the machine has six gear ratios. It is claimed that the pressure of the tracks upon the ground is 7.8 lb. per sq. in. Another exhibit of this concern will be a petrol-electric mobile crane of 1-ton capacity.

RANSOMES. Stands 181, 200 and 325

ACOMPREHENSIVE range of motor lawn mowers will be shown by Ransomes, Sims and jefferies, Ltd. Special -machines developed for golf courses include the Certes for putting greens and the Kutruf for long grass, whilst a triple-gang mower of 7-ft. cut is recommended for the fairways. Four-stroke and two-stroke petrol engines form the power units of the large and small lawn mowers respectively, whilst the 14-in. Electra works. from the electric mains,, to which it is connected by a long lead. There will also he an edge trimmer and a leaf sweeper on view. The above will be shown on Stand No. 325.

On Stand No. 181 a wide variety of implements, including thrashing machines, ploughs, ctiltivators and so forth will be displayed. Among these will be found various Howard and Hornsby products, the Ransomes concern having recently acquired the agricultural section of the business of J. and F. Howard, Ltd., of Bedford, and having taken over the sale of Hornsby ploughs and other implements.

LISTER. Stand 182

AN articulated sweeper-sprinkler will form the Lister exhibit. The outfit consists of a three-wheeled towing unit, incorporating a 750 c.c. twin-cylindered petrol engine. The trailer unit carries a separate Lister 1 h.p. engine, which drives -the rotating brush. On the trailer is also mounted a 145-gallon water tank. The sprinkler nozzles are mounted in front of the broom and are fed with water under pressure by a rotary pump, also driven from the Lister engine: The complete outfit is extraordinarily manceuvrable, being able, to turn in a circle of less than 20 ft. diameter.

RUSTON AND HORNSBY. Stand 181

Oil, engines, petrol engines, air compressors, pumping plants of various types, powers and capacities for agricultural and other purposes, will constitute the exhibit on the stand of Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd.

FOSTER. Stand 186

AMONGST the exhibits .of William Foster and Co., Ltd., will be one of the well-known 7 h.p. sin glecylindered steam traction engines of the agricultural type. This machine' is primarily intended for driving and hauling threshing machinery, but it may also be employed for general agricultural purposes. A winding drum and rope is fitted and the latest features are incorporated in its design.

PETTERS. Stand 187

Sstationary electric-lighting and pumping sets will constitute the items of greatest interest among the range of petrol and oil power plants exhibited by Petters, Ltd.

MASSEY-HARRIS. Stand 195 TRACTORS, binders, mowers, culti vators and numerous implements of a wide variety of types will be shown by Massey-Harris, Ltd. A 12-20 h.p. tractor and a 25-40 h.p. tractor will be exhibited respectively with Dunlop tyres and steel wheels, provided with spade lugs. There will also be on view a 60-in. G.P. tractor, having spade-lug wheels and overtyres. Although hardly classable as commercial motors, there will be much of interest to be found in the wide range of implements shown.

FORD. Stand 197

AVARIED range of agricultural and industrial tractors will be shown by the Ford concern, together

with multiple equipment. Amongst the exhibits of particular interest is ap Fordson Sussex four-wheel-drive six wheeled chassis. The frame of the attachment is of 4in. plate, and is contoured to give greatest strength at the point of maximum load, where it is 16 ins. deep. A range of Fordson general-purpose and tipping lorries, a Fordson van and Ford 12-cwt. and 5-cwt, vehicles will also be shown.

E.R.F. Stand 199

EXAMPLES of E.R.F. oil-engined L1+6and 7-tonners will be shown on this stand. The smaller machine has a Gardner 4LW oil engine and is equipped with hydraulically operated threeway tipping gear. The larger models, of which there will be two, both have Gardner 5LW oil engines. One incorporates a general-purpose drop-sided body, whilst the other has an hydraulic threeway tipping body and is provided with trailer-brake control equipment.

MANN, EGERTON. , Stand 201

VARIOUS examples of Commer chassis equipped for the requirements of the farmer will be found on this stand. Of special interest will be a 2-ton cattle truck, priced at £400 15s. A 3.ton and a 2-ton dropsided lorry, the former being equipped with a Dorman oil engine and Bromilow and Edwards tipping gear, and examples of the Commer 15-cwt. and 8-cwt. vans will be shown. The lastnamed is designed specially for the

r■48 • dairyman. Of interest to certain visitors will be a Centurion model with a Vincent three-stall horsebox body.

On the samestand a range of Austin vans will be seen. The largest is the Twelve, which has a capacity of 10-12 cwt. and costs £300. The light Twelve-Four and light Twelve-Six will be shown as 7-10-cwt. vans. There will also be an example of the 10 h.p. 6-8cwt. vehicle, whilst the smallest of the range will be the Austin Seven equipped with a 5-cwt. van body.

EGERTONS. Stand 211

BEDFORD vehicles will be found on Lithe stand of Egertons (Ipswich), Ltd. The 30-cwt. vans, the 2-ton

lorries and travelling shop are of special interest, as they incorporate certain new and important features, notably the latest 27 h.p. six-cylindered engine and the improved braking systems. On the 30-cwt. vans the brakes are mechanically operated, whilst on the 2-tonners and travelling shop application is assisted by the Dewancire vacuum servo system. There will also be shown an 8-cvvt. van of 8.5 cubic ft. capacity. This has a 12 h.p. engine and synchromesh gear.

An example of the Bedford 3-tormer will be displayed with a drop-side lorry body, convertible for use as a platform lorry, and weighing less than 11 ton. The equipment of the travelling shop is well worth investigation. Farmers should find much to interest them in the long cattle truck, priced at £306. This has a new ball-beating sliding ramp, which can be quickly operated by one man. Finally, there will be on view a 2-tonner with Bromilow and Edwards hydraulic three:tvay tipping gear. • DODGE. Stand 215

PAA NEW addition to the Dodge range to be exhibited at the Royal Show is a 3-ton stake-sided lorry. A lourcylindered engine of 25.3 h.p. R-A.C.

• rating is fitted, giving a maximum of 78 b.h.p. Further exhibits will include a 2-ton three-way hydraulic tipper, a 30-cwt, market gardener's lorry and a 2-ton long-wheelbase Luton van. Ari these vehicles will be uniquely decorated. Each side of the vehicle will be different in colour, displaying specimen designs in painting to illustrate the manner in which each truck might be used for various industries.

LATIL. Stand 221

THE well-known K.T.L. tractor will he the sole exhibit of Latil Industrial Vehicles, Ltd. Outstanding features are the employment of all four wheels for propulsion purposes, .steering and braking, mid the provision of differentials which can be locked, Protection to the driver is afforded by a folding hood and safety-glass windscreen.

Other noteworthy features include a powerful three-speed winch, mechanical and vacuum trailer-braking gear and electric lighting. The machine will be shown with a specially constructed timber trailer, with loading skids and provided with giant pneumatic tyres, timber haulage being the purpose for which it is specially suitable.

LANZ. Stand 223

AN interesting exhibit to be shown by the Lanz concern will be a 12-20 h.p. dual-purpose tractor. This is 'equipped with low-pressure tyres and, accordingly, is equally suitable for use on the road or in the field. It is new and will be shown at Ipswich for the first time.

There will also be on view purely agricultural tractors of several sizes. All Lanz machines employ a lowcompression single-cylindered twostroke-cycle oil engine, which can be started easily from cold, and is of a simple construction that affords great reliability and durability.

BRITISH ESTATE SERVICES.

Stand 283

ANEW agricultural service is to be built up on a national basis. The British Estate Services, Ltd., undertakes to carry out such work as ploughing, stubble-cleaning, mowing hay and so forth, where equipment is required which a farmer cannot afford to buy,When it may be required for only a few days. The service exists to

make one expensive machine available for many farmers so that they may obtain it for special work at a cheap rate, On this concern's stand will be shown an Allis Chalmers Model-M tractor, together with a multi-furrow plough.

VINCENT. Stand 284

BEDFORD chassis carrying two-stall and three-stall horseboxes, built by Messrs. Vincents of Reading, will be seen on this stand. They are designed to afford The maximum comfort for the horses, and include a grooms' compartment provided with two folding seats. The ramp is operated by a spring device, and is easily manipulated by one man. The partitions are quickly detachable, so that the horsebox can be converted without difficulty for general purposes.

Great attention has been paid to the appearance of the machines, which are of the ribbed type and finished externally in natural wood. The de luxe model two-stall horsebox, as shown, costs £405, whilst the price of the three-stall model is £595; the latter has a side ramp, as well as one at the rear. This is claimed to be a unique feature.

MERRYWEATHER. Stand 286

ONE of the latest Merryweather fire'L./engines, designated the Greenwich Salamander, will be found on this stand. The basis is an Albion chassis,

specially " constructed for fire-engine work and having a 85 b.h.p. fourcylindered petrol engine. A Merryweather Hatfield-type pump is installed, having a capacity of 400 g.p.m. The concern will also show a Hatfield trailer pump, which is made in two types, capable of delivering 275 g.p.m. and 165 g.p.m. The Warspite portable pump of 100-175 g.p.m. capacity and the Xaust-Suds generator will also be on view.

UTACHINERY of various other sorts, lifiequipment, accessories, oils, greases, etc., will be shown by the following:— Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd. (219) ; Atco Motor Mowers (283) ; Blackstone and Co., Ltd. (194) ; BouIton and Paul, Ltd (180); Albert Bucher (207); Fastnut (49); General Electric Co., Ltd. (179); Germ Lubricants, Ltd. (240); Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd. (14); Martin's Cultivator Co., Ltd. (213); Price's Patent Candle Co., Ltd. (66); Redline-Glico, Ltd. (230); Ruston and Hornsby, Ltd. (184); Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd. (111); Tecalemit, Ltd. (59) ; Vigzol Oil Refining Co. (London), Ltd. (94) ; %1T H. Willcox and Co., Ltd. OW.